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DIAZ-BAUTISTA, Alejandro. Un modelo de crecimiento económico, instituciones, integración económica e inversión extranjera directa de México con los Estados Unidos. Convergencia [online]. 2006, vol.13, n.41, pp.117-139. ISSN 2448-5799.

Mexico and the United States are more than neighbors, they are also commercial partners whose economies are extremely integrated. During the last decade, commercial trade between the United States and Mexico almost tripled, getting to be near 230,000 million dollars at the beginning of 2004. Mexico is the second most important commercial trade partner to the United States and the United States is the most important commercial trade partner for Mexico. The present study focuses in the regional economic growth of Mexico and how it is affected by foreign direct investment, trade and commercial opening with the United States, considering the effect of the Northern Border States of Mexico. Finally, the empirical analysis of production for Mexico and the United States shows characteristics of long-term economic integration.

Palavras-chave : economic growth; economic integration; institutions; Foreign Direct Investment.